vibratiuncleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From modern Latin vibratiuncula, diminutive form of Latin vibrātio (“vibration”).

発音

• (英国発音) enPR: vībrāshĭ.ŭngʹkl, IPA^(key): /vaɪbɹeɪʃɪˈʌŋkl/

名詞

vibratiuncle (複数形 vibratiuncles)

1. (now chiefly historical) A minuscule or slight vibration; specifically, a vibration in brain tissue caused by the comparatively greater vibrations of the particles of the medullary substance of the nerves (formerly hypothesised to convey external impressions to the mind). [from 18th c.]
   • 1749, David Hartley, Observations on Man, I.i:

     Diminutive Vibrations, which may also be called Vibratiuncles and Miniatures.

   • 2004, Robert E Schofield, The Enlightened Joseph Priestley, Pennsylvania State University 2004, p. 57:

     Yet long after references to associationism all but ceased, neurophysiologists continue to explore variations of the “traces” or “vibratiuncles” that sensations might leave in the substance of the brain.

派生語

• vibratiunculation